After hearing a lot of stellar reviews of this one, I decided to give it a try. At first, I couldn't get into the story. As a fantasy book, the reader needed to adjust to the setting and conflict of Lumatere and the surrounding land in Skulendore. I also had trouble connecting to Finnikin in the beg...
Great story, Good world-building and pacing, Terrible characterization.I am glad I read this book but I'm also disappointed. For as much as I enjoyed the story, which really was great, I simply didn't connect with the characters save one. And I really wanted to connect with Finnikin, Evanjalin and T...
Note: Because I read this series in a massive Marchetta binge over a few days, they've kinda blurred together for me, so I decided to review the series as a whole rather than the individual books (and by review I mean fangirl). But there are no major spoilers here that aren't tagged, so you should b...
OK, well I am obviously in the minority here since this just didn't knock my socks off. The world building is extraordinary and obviously Marchetta's writing is flawless but none of the characters resonated leaving me a bit flat. Taking a look at the next book has piqued my interest however so I w...
I honestly thought I would enjoy this book much more than I actually did. For me, this was one of those books that I felt obligated to finish merely because I'd already committed so much time to it. I could have easily walked away at any moment, but was determined to finish. There was something miss...
Be prepared for the worst, my love, for it lives next door to the best.”Before I say anything... I should say this, this is only an attempt at trying to justify why everyone should read this book, nothing I can say will ever be enough, I don't think I could even COVER everything.There was so much HY...
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